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New codes from the AMA could mean more RPM reimbursement by 2025

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CPT 99453 covers the time it takes to enroll patients in RPM and get them set up on their devices. CPT 99457 is for spending a minimum of 20 minutes of clinical staff time providing care management services related to patient readings and their treatment plan. The same goes for spending 11 to 19 minutes on care management under 99457.

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A rural Kansas FQHC brings remote patient monitoring to the underserved

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Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas in Pittsburg, Kansas, is a federally qualified health center and a not-for-profit corporation. "The COVID-19 pandemic amplified the health issues faced by our patient population but CHC/SEK quickly adapted to the changing environment," Gagnon recalled.

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How Virtual Behavioral Health Can Serve as a Long-Term Solution for Shortage Areas

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and even in a lot of urban areas, there’s a significant lack of access to psychiatry or behavioral health services in general. Partially due to the ongoing (and worsening) psychiatry shortage , many healthcare organizations find it difficult to locate high-quality, local behavioral health providers to serve their communities.

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MAVEN Project's specialty virtual care avoids $11M in unnecessary costs

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The MAVEN Project is a nonprofit organization serving Federally Qualified Health Centers and free and charitable clinics, connecting expert specialty physician volunteers with clinic providers. That’s roughly 30 million Americans who receive medical care at more than 14,000 clinic sites across the country.

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Connected Health Initiative asks Senate to pass Telehealth Modernization Act

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The Connected Health Initiative on Monday published an open letter to Sen. expressing support for the Telehealth Modernization Act and stressing the urgency of safeguarding access to virtual care before the public health emergency is set to expire. Department of Health and Human Services to expand telehealth in Medicare.

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TrueCare graduates half its home hypertension patients from RPM program, and counting

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TrueCare is a community health center in the North San Diego and Riverside Counties area focused on providing quality healthcare to underserved communities. MARKETPLACE There are many vendors of connected health and remote patient monitoring technology and services on the health IT market today.

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Audio-only telehealth benefits patients in need, study finds

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A recent University of California study of telehealth implementation at community health centers found that although phone visits were beneficial to historically marginalized patients, continued virtual care use depends on increased technological resources. ON THE RECORD. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.